Walkin, Walkin, Walkin...

Pre-Birthday Birthday

We were in CT this past week for a visit with the fam. As much as we miss R on weeks when he is out of town it allows Z and me to travel and visit our loved ones. Considering how far we live away from everyone we are blessed to be able to see both families quite a bit. I am very lucky to be able to be a stay at home mom...it allows us tons of flexibility. We celebrated Z's first birthday on Friday night. Grammy made him an applesauce cake with whipped cream frosting. He had a candle and we sang happy birthday. He was not sure quite what to think of all the singing but he knew exactly what to do with the cake when he got his hands on it! We let him eat his fill and he had a serious sugar high after. It was SO cute. Z had a great time playing with his Auntie, Uncle Dan and Grammy & Gramps. His favorite game was taking D's hat off. Grampa's favorite game was Z's laughing Elmo. We would be trying to put Z to bed upstairs when we would hear Elmo laughing downstairs...that would be Grampa!

Little Social Butterfly

Z is a very outgoing little guy. I'm not sure where he gets it from since both R and i are pretty shy. Every time we go out somewhere Z likes to talk to everyone he sees. We were at Lowes the other day and i was talking to the employee asking him some questions when we here this loud "HAAAAA, HAAAA". Apparently Z was miffed that the guy wasn't talking to HIM. Then as we proceeded through checkout Z is saying "HAAAA" to everyone within hearing distance. He definintely likes people paying attention to him. He apparently has a southern accent since his greeting comes out as "Ha" instead of "Hi." He is too cute. On another note we had a nice visit with Gramma and Grampa Sustar. Z is also close to walking. He pulls up on everything now and will walk about 4-5 feet before barreling into me. Can't seem to stop himself yet!